can Sam run out Sam slumped
at the wheel, Sam swerved
into the servo,
motor circus station,
radio control
hobby and him
nerves, nerves wires
parts under the lid, lights
on the dashboard stuff under
the hem. Scorcho
says, two smokes he ran out
already.

can Sam run out instructor for
the simulator, a tall
order a small glass of water
lump sum bonus breach

a very bad tan your number
one fan gone
all mahogany
Be nice
to Sam- it’s not too late
to give him a prize.

can Sam run out Sam, semaphore
of emblems, an epaulet
on your shoulder, a sifting of the brains

an emulet, a grain of rice, a little bit
of RAM
epigraph, epitaph, a little long
in the jaw
an amalgamation
an existential
dilemma, a bomb a song.

can Sam run out Sam hitched to a spit-
fire Sam glued to the cellar
door
Sam reduced
to function the descending
of a leaf, a dime a pile
of strange motifs the things
he likes, the things
you don’t
dolma, dolma calendula
mum’s the word.